the trough1 she thought they did not eat fast enough, and she pushed their heads into the trough to make them eat faster, and they were all choked2. When Jan came home, she up and told him what she had done, and he said, ìOh, well, there, never mind, my dear, better luck next time.î So they went on for a bit, and then, one day, Jan said to his wife, ìWife can you bake-y?î ìOh, yes, Jan, I can bake-y. Mother used to bake-y when I lived home.î So he bought everything for his wife so that she could bake bread. All went well for a bit, till one day, she thought she would bake whit bread for a treat3 for Jan. So she carried her meal to the top of a high hill, and let the wind blow on it, for she thought to herself that the wind would blow out all the bran4. But the wind blew away meal and bran and all ñ so there was an end of it. When Jan come home, she up and told him what she had done, and he said, ìOh, well, there, never mind, my dear, better luck next time.î So they went on for a bit, and then, one day, Jan said to his wife, ìWife can you brew-y5?î ìOh, yes, Jan, I can brew-y. Mother used to brewy when I lived home.î So he bought everything proper for his wife to brew ale with. All went well for a bit, till one day when she had brewed her ale and put it in the barrel, a big black dog came in and looked up in her face. She drove him out of the house, but he stayed outside the door and still loo-
1. trough, n.: a long narrow open container that holds water or food for animals (KORYTO) 2. to choke, v.: to prevent someone from breathing, or to be prevented from breathing, because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air. Donít eat so quickly, or you choke. (DUSIT SE, UDUSIT SE) 3. treat, n.: something special that you give someone or do for them
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jÌ, ûe neûerou dost rychle, a tak jim v korytu hlavy podrûela, aby je p¯inutila ûr·t rychleji. A ona se vöechna ta prasata zadusila. Kdyû p¯iöel Jan dom˘, ¯ekla mu rovnou, co provedla, a on povÌd·: ÑInu, drah·, co nadÏl·me, snad bude p¯ÌötÏ lÌp.ì Tak öel den za dnem, aû jednou se Jan zeptal: Ñéeno, umÌö pÈct?ì ÑJistÏ, Jane, umÌm, matka pekla, kdyû jsem jeötÏ doma bydlela.ì I nakoupil co bylo pot¯eba, aby ûena mohla pÈct chleba. ChvÌli ölo vöechno jako po m·sle, aû jednoho dne si ûena ¯ekla, ûe upeËe bÌl˝ bochnÌk jako d·rek Janovi. Tak vzala mouku a nesla ji na kopec a nechala ji vÏtrem rozfoukat, protoûe myslela, ûe ji vÌtr p¯esije a vöechny otruby z nÌ vyfouk·. Ale vÌtr vyfoukal mouku i otruby i vöecko ostatnÌ ñ aû nezbylo nic. Kdyû p¯iöel Jan dom˘, ¯ekla mu rovnou, co provedla, a on povÌd·: ÑInu, drah·, co nadÏl·me, snad bude p¯ÌötÏ lÌp.ì Tak öel den za dnem, aû jednou se Jan zeptal: Ñéeno, umÌö va¯it pivo?ì ÑJistÏ, Jane, umÌm, matka pivo va¯Ìvala, kdyû jsem jeötÏ bydlela doma.ì I nakoupil co bylo pot¯eba, aby ûena mohla pivo va¯it. ChvÌli to klapalo, aû jednoho dne, kdyû uva¯ila pivo a do sudu ho slila, p¯ibÏhl velk˝ Ëern˝ pes huÚ·Ë a podÌval se jÌ do oËÌ. Vyhnala ho z domu, ale on Ëekal p¯ede dve¯mi
because you know they will enjoy it. Steven took his son to the zoo as a birthday treat. (D¡REK, ODMÃNA) 4. bran, n.: the crushed outer skin of wheat or a similar grain that is separated from the rest of grain when making white flour. Bran is used for feeding pigs. (OTRUBY) 5. to brew, v.: to make beer or tea. The best beer in the world is brewed in Pilsen. (VAÿIT PIVO, »AJ)
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ked up in her face. And she got so angry that she pulled out the plug of the barrel, threw it at the dog, and said, ìWhat dost look at me for? I be Janís wife.î Then the dog ran down the road, and she ran after him to chase him right away. When she came back again, she found that the ale1 had all run out of the barrel, and so there was an end of it. When Jan come home, she up and told him what she had done, and he said, ìOh well, there, never mind, my dear, better luck next time.î So they went on2 for a bit, and then, one day, she thought to herself, ì íT is time to clean up my house.î When she was taking down her big bed she found a bag of groats3 on the tester4. So when Jan came home, she up and said to him, ìJan, what is that bag of groats on the tester for?î ìThat is for Hereafterthis, my dear.î Now, there was a robber outside the window, and he heard what Jan said. Next day, he waited till Jan had gone to market, and then he came and knocked5 at the door. ìWhat do you please to want?î said Mally. ìI am Hereafterthis,î said the robber, ìI have come for the bag of groats.î Now the robber was dressed like a fine gentleman, so she thought to herself it was very kind of so fine a man to come for the bag of groats, so she ran upstairs and fetched the bag of groats, and gave it to the robber and he went away with it. When Jan came home, she said to him, ìJan, Hereafterthis has been for the bag of groats.î ìWhat do you mean, wife?î said Jan. 1. ale, n.: a type of beer made from malt, old fashioned beer. (DRUH PIVA) 2. to go on, phr. v.: to continue an action without stopping or changing. We canít go on like this. (POKRA»OVAT) 3. groats, n.: 1. grain, especially oats with the outer shell removed. 2. a former British coin that had a low value. (KROUPY, MAL¡ STÿÕBRN¡ MINCE)
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